Loop for garment-supporters



(No Model.)

E. S. SMITH. LOOP FOR GARMENT SUPPORTERS.

PatentedOot. 22, 1895.

INVENTOR AN DREW B.GRM1AM PHOTO-H1110.WASHING"!!!v D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD S. SMITH, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

LOOP FOR GARMENT-SUPPORTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,235, dated October 22, 1 895. Application filed y 24, 1895. Serial No. 556,986. (Remodel-l To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Loop for Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to an improvementin garment-supporters, and particularly to the loop commonly used in connection therewith, the supporter being of that class known as the loop and stud supporter, in which the garment is placed over the stud-head, which is then passed through the loop and drawn down i into the narrower end thereof to prevent the garment from slipping.

The object of my invention is to produce a supporter-loop which shall by its novel construction prevent the accidental disengagement of the garment.

My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a garmentsupporter loop of my improved construction. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a loop of similar construction, a portion of the lining-piece used therewith being broken away for the purpose of illustrating the construction and position of the yielding'springs hereinafter described. Fig. 3 is a modification of my invention illustrated in side elevation, a portion of the lining-piece being broken away. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of another modification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

A is a frame by preference provided with a transverse slot B at one end to permit its being attached to the ordinary tape Suspender, said frame being also provided with an upright slot -D broader at one end than at the other, the broader end being adapted to permit the head of the stud commonly used with said loops, over which a thickness of the garment is placed, to be passed through said slot, so that the shank of the stud may be drawn down'into the lower or narrower end of the loop where the sides of the loop pinch the garment around the shank of the stud, causing the same to be securely retained.

E is the lining-piece extending along the inner edge of the frame A adjacent to the slot D. This lining-piece E is adapted to perform the double function of protecting the edge of the frame A and also affording a yielding constricted throat intermediate in the length of the loop, through which the studshank must pass in order to be seated at the lower extremity of the slot D. (One form of stud commonly used with loops of this class is illustrated in my former patent, numbered 500,353, dated June 27, 1893.) In order to permit the lining-piece E to yield at said constricted throat, the inner edge of the frameA adjacent to the rear side of the lining-piece at that point is cut away, as illustrated,suflicient to permit the lining-piece to spring back. (See Fig. 3.) In the form of recess shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the recess forms a yielding spring-arm F, projecting from the frame A, the purpose of said spring being to reinforce the yielding lining-piece E. In Figs. 1 and 2 the springs F F project downwardly. In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the recesses form upwardly-projecting spring-arms F formed from the frame A and supporting the lining E The loop is formed by the frame A and lining-piece E, and in operation is preferably attached to a suspending-tape in the ordinary manner, as shown in my previous patent above referred to, to which tape is also secured a suitable stud, also shown in the above-mentioned patent. A thickness of the garment to be supported is placed over the stud-head, which is then inserted through the broader end of the upright slot in the loop herein described and then pulled down toward the lower end of the loop. To reach the lower end of the loop it is necessary for the shank of the stud to pass the constricted space referred to, and in doing so the lining yields laterally at that point and only resumes its normal position after the said stud has passed inone direction or the other, in which normal position it prevents the stud from becoming accidentally disengaged from the loop, thereby securely retaining the garment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A garment supporter loop comprising a frame, spring arms projecting from the inner cesses, and a yielding lining piece, all at} side edges of said frame, a yielding lining ranged substantially as and for the purpose piece along the inner sides of said frame and specified.

reinforced by said spring arms. EDWARD S. SMITH.

2. A garment supporter 100p comprising a WVitnesses:

frame A, recessed at points in its opposite R. C. MITCHELL,

inside edges, spring arms formed bysaid re- JAS. S. OSWALD. 

